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## Title

    [DSPy] dspy.LM('openai/<reasoning model>') raises LMConfigurationError: "OpenAI's reasoning models require passing temperature=1.0 or None and max_tokens >= 16000 or None"

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): DSPy enforces OpenAI reasoning-model constraints and maps max_tokens to max_completion_tokens; small budgets would be consumed by hidden reasoning.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy/blob/main/dspy/clients/lm.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): LM._get_initial_kwargs raises LMConfigurationError for OpenAI reasoning models unless temperature is 1.0/None and max_tokens >= 16000/None, passing max_completion_tokens instead.
    
    Search phrasings: dspy reasoning models require temperature 1.0 max_tokens 16000; dspy LMConfigurationError gpt-5; dspy o3 temperature error
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Constructing the LM fails immediately for reasoning models when copying typical settings (temperature=0, max_tokens=1000-4000).",
      "context": "Product: DSPy\nComponent: dspy.LM initial kwargs for OpenAI reasoning models\nOperation: dspy.LM('openai/gpt-5'|o-series, temperature=0.0 or max_tokens=4000)\nAffected versions: current (check exists in main)\nEnvironment: Python\nException: LMConfigurationError\nPackages: dspy current main\nTrigger: Non-1.0 temperature or max_tokens < 16000 for a model DSPy classifies as an OpenAI reasoning model.",
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        "body": "Recommended action: Use dspy.LM('openai/gpt-5', temperature=1.0 (or None), max_tokens=16000 (or None)).\n\nOption: Use the required settings [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: DSPy with OpenAI reasoning models\nSteps:\n1. lm = dspy.LM('openai/gpt-5', temperature=1.0, max_tokens=16000)\n2. dspy.configure(lm=lm)\nExpected: LM constructs\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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